ATP LOOKS FOR ACE WITH ATP DOUBLES CHAMPIONSHIPS IN HARTFORD

The ATP Tour and Jewel Productions Ltd. have reached a four-
year agreement to make Hartford the home of the World Doubles
Championship. Phoenix Home Life, a Hartford-based insurance and
investment company, will be title sponsor (ATP Tour). The
Phoenix ATP Tour World Doubles Championship will take place at
the Hartford Civic Center November 13-17 and will be televised by
ESPN for all four years of the deal. The contract between Jewel
and the ATP Tour requires Jewel to offer $500,000 in prize money
each of the first three years and $600,000 the fourth. Time
Magazine and Trinity College will be presenting sponsors. Other
sponsors include: Locite Corporation, the Mohegan Sun Resort,
the Hartford Courant, People's Bank, St. Francis Hospital,
Northeast Utilities, the CT Radio Network, Hartford Hospital and
Ernst & Young (Greg Garber, HARTFORD COURANT, 3/26).